Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

iPete

Yup, about that time so must have been you guys. Very small world!

attica

OK, so no KOM's on this ride, but still worth posting I hope

http://app.strava.com/runs/7933864

It was a charity event

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Wrath Rob

Attica wrote:

OK, so no KOM's on this ride, but still worth posting I hope

http://app.strava.com/runs/7933864

It was a charity event

Anyone feeling generous enough to add to my sponsorship page should click here

18.5k feet of climbing ? That's pretty impressive. I note however that your times up The Tumble get slower and slower with each passing. Pacing issues?

attica

Actually the last three climbs were done with other riders and hence slower. The wheels properly came off during climb 7 but I got it all back together again after that. I'm aiming for 15 next year!

roger_merriman

Attica wrote:

Actually the last three climbs were done with other riders and hence slower. The wheels properly came off during climb 7 but I got it all back together again after that. I'm aiming for 15 next year!

But did you stop for a icecream at Keepers?

used ride/push bikes as small kids to keepers get a icecream and freewheel all the way home.

attica

Haha, the Ice Cream Man needs to MTFU, he was nowhere to be seen.

Oddly enough though I got an ice-cream headache on the first descent. Bloomin' freezing at 6am.

Agent57

Logged my commute home this evening, ranking 15th / 49 on one segment. On the Brompton. \o/

http://app.strava.com/rides/8130415#148949972

Also created my own segment on another ride, so I'm 1st/1. Is that cheating?

TheStone

Am I doing something wrong. It's no longer telling new PBs etc.
I know my morning ride includes an 8th overall (which is rare for me).

bigmat

TheStone wrote:

Am I doing something wrong. It's no longer telling new PBs etc.
I know my morning ride includes an 8th overall (which is rare for me).

For some segments it doesn't bother mentioning it - probably the less popular ones. I got 7th up Star Hill the other day which I was pleasantly surprised by because I was feeling rubbish - didn't get a mention. I've had KOM's ignored before as well - your feed said I'd come 8th on some other segment, like "what about the KOM people?"!

willy b

Set a few PRs around Regents Park this evening, which was interesting as I was on the winter bike I'm thinking it was more to do with fresh legs...

Sharkyssurfers

managed a 10th last night on one of the two steep hills in essex, even though after riding 27 miles didnt have the energy to go fast up it, so i was quietly surprised!!!, I need to sort out the gears though couldnt drop into granny ring

veronese68

Padders has depressed me again. He's set a load of fast times I can't hope to match on a ride that's five times the length of mine. Good effort.

UndercoverElephant

Forgot to turn the new GPS off last night, so it kept recording until I rode in this morning. Amazingly there seems to be a segment along the coast road which goes out and back again, and my route picked it up giving me a 10th place. Out of 10. I think I could improve on the 14 and a half hour time, and the 0.4 mph average, given the right training.

veronese68

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Forgot to turn the new GPS off last night, so it kept recording until I rode in this morning. Amazingly there seems to be a segment along the coast road which goes out and back again, and my route picked it up giving me a 10th place. Out of 10. I think I could improve on the 14 and a half hour time, and the 0.4 mph average, given the right training.

How are you finding it. I've forgotten to press the save button a couple of times when turning it off. I'll find out if it joins the rides up or just forgets them when I upload everything tomorrow night.

UndercoverElephant

Really very good, certainly once you update the software off the CD. The version on the CD is dreadful and buggy, the latest version seems excellent. All told, it seems like a proper bargain so far.

Oh, and if you turn it off, it completes the ride for you. I had set auto power-off, but that didn't seem to do anything last night.

veronese68

Yes, I'm impressed. Need to have a bit more of a play to work everything out. I was going to get a week on it and then upload and mess around with it. As you say a bargain, even at the UK price.

padders

Veronese68 wrote:

Padders has depressed me again. He's set a load of fast times I can't hope to match on a ride that's five times the length of mine. Good effort.

:twisted:

Cheers.

Legs felt dead to start with but that turned into a really good blast. After the off-road Bushy Park segments I looked a right state streaking through Kingston and RP covered in mud and sporting a big cheesy grin.

Was hoping to give Okgo a run for his money on the Ham Cross to Pen Ponds segment (http://app.strava.com/segments/867960) but happy with 4th.

spasypaddy

im annoyed, someone has flagged hillingdon cycle circuit as a dangerous route.

cjcp

Padders wrote:

Was hoping to give Okgo a run for his money on the Ham Cross to Pen Ponds segment (http://app.strava.com/segments/867960) but happy with 4th.

Properly quick! Nice one.

veronese68

Padders wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Padders has depressed me again. He's set a load of fast times I can't hope to match on a ride that's five times the length of mine. Good effort.

:twisted:

Cheers.

Legs felt dead to start with but that turned into a really good blast. After the off-road Bushy Park segments I looked a right state streaking through Kingston and RP covered in mud and sporting a big cheesy grin.

Was hoping to give Okgo a run for his money on the Ham Cross to Pen Ponds segment (http://app.strava.com/segments/867960) but happy with 4th.

Yes, I took the mucky path this morning. Got to work covered in mud, but also smiling. I had to ride the frankenbike in this morning to check everything is hunky dory as the boy and I are doing a sponsored ride on Sunday. Very slow though, combination of last nights beer and curry and I thought the air was much heavier than usual. Riding an MTB is much harder work as well.

bigmat

spasypaddy wrote:

im annoyed, someone has flagged hillingdon cycle circuit as a dangerous route.

there are some proper nobheads out there.

Agent57

Got a top 10 on "Bridgewater way end to Former St Georges Church" (Manchester) \o/ http://app.strava.com/activities/8260681#151346572 Brompton commuters represent!

JamesFree

Got me my Blackheath Hill KOM back this morning

http://app.strava.com/rides/8290662#151901076

I bet Rhys was'nt even trying to get his time though where as I hit about 93% MHR!

attica

20MPH average for a SS commute. No RLJing.

http://app.strava.com/activities/8290515

Sharkyssurfers

Oh yeah finally got kom for a short climb I was after

willy b

Managed 2nd overall on vauxhall to VB bridge segment and 3rd overall on Vauxhall to Chelsea bridge. 30mph ave for vauxhall to VB bridge, can't link to segments as I'm on the phone though lol

Yukirin

it was windy today, right?
Finally got the motivation to do more than 2 laps of Richmond and did 4 acw and one clockwise. My first 3 laps came to 65.48. Lost 4 mins on sawyers alone over the 3 laps because of the wind, so quite confident I can bust out under an hour with better conditions.

dhope

Who is Ped Fesh btw on Strava? We're sharing the longer CS7 KOMs at the moment
http://app.strava.com/athletes/299030

veronese68

Took my old Marin MTB today as I'm doing the London Bridges ride on it on Sunday. Thought I'd pootle but having overtaken a lycra clad young lady (schoolboy error) I had to keep my speed up a bit. Got to Bushy Park and carried on at a reasonable pace, being wary of peds and dogs on the path.
I've just uploaded from my Holux thingy and I've got a joint KOM. How did that happen? Unfortunately tailwind assisted. But I seem to be as fast on that as I am on the Jake, very odd.
Heres hoping Padders will leave me be for a bit. :twisted:

Wrath Rob

Anyone got an up-to-date, working premium code? I've tried a few I found on Google but most have expired.